Vera Schmiterlöw

Alice Vera Cecilia Charlotta Schmiterlöw (19 July 1904, Varberg – 9 September 1987, Stockholm) was a Swedish actress. She studied drama at the Royal Dramatic Theatre from 1921 to 1924, where she met classmates Mimi Pollak and Greta Garbo, with whom she had a lifelong friendship. The intimate correspondence between Schmiterlöw and Garbo is saved in the National Archives of Sweden. From 1927 to 1932 she mainly worked in Germany where she appeared in several films. Vera Schmiterlöw was the half-sister of artist Bertram Schmiterlöw.

Greta Garbo, Mimi Pollak and Vera Schmiterlöw, students at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy (1922/1923)

Portrait of Vera Schmiterlow

Filmography

1920: Bodekungen 1922: Thomas Graal's Ward 1923: Andersson, Pettersson och Lundström 1924: När millionerna rullar… 1924: 33.333 1925: First Mate Karlsson's Sweethearts 1926: Mordbrännerskan 1926: The Rivals 1926: Was ist los im Zirkus Beely? 1927: The Queen of Pellagonia 1927: The Standard-Bearer of Sedan 1927: Their Last Love Affair (Ihr letztes Liebesabenteuer) 1927: Eine kleine Freundin braucht jeder Mann 1928: Dame Care 1928: His Strongest Weapon 1928: The Market of Life

1928: When the Mother and the Daughter 1928: At Ruedesheimer Castle There Is a Lime Tree 1928: Mädchenschicksale 1929: Bruder Bernhard / Der Eremit 1929: When the White Lilacs Bloom Again 1929: The Black Domino 1929: We Stick Together Through Thick and Thin 1929: Hrích 1929: The Flight from Love 1929: His Best Friend 1929: Brother Bernhard 1930: Alimente 1931: Madame Bluebeard 1931: En kvinnas morgondag 1934: Unga hjärtan 1975: Release the Prisoners to Spring

External links

• Vera Schmiterlöw at IMDb